*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1987945 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1987945
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1987945
[snap] chromium does not read root-owned files in $HOME
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1980143
Title:
Permission denied when trying to load unpacked browser extension from
folder with 755 permissions
Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
1) Ubuntu version
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
Release: 20.04
2) chromium snap 103.0.5060.53
3) Expected result
When trying to load an "unpacked" browser extension for development, I
should be able to click the "Load unpacked" button on the
chrome://extensions/ view (in Developer mode) and select any folder
for which I have access rights.
In particular, I'm trying to access a folder within my own home
directory which has 755 permissions and root:root ownership. I have
access to read this folder (and the files within it) as far as the
operating system is concerned.
This always worked fine with the apt/deb packaging of Chromium until I
updated to Ubuntu 20.04.4 (and thus the snap packaging) a few days
ago. The extension would load as expected.
4) Actual result
When I try to load the extension from that folder in Chromium, I
receive an error:
Could not read the contents of app
Error opening directory '/home/myuser/some/path/to/app': Permission denied
Regardless of whether or not I should have this strange scenario,
chromium should not be deciding for me which files/folders I can or
cannot access. I expect this permissions issue extends beyond only the
loading of unpacked extensions.
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